Disney’s Broadway Musical Aladdin Reportedly To Premiere on Disney+

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Alright Broadway musical fans! If Hamilton wasn’t enough, now it’s being reported that Disney’s Broadway musical, Aladdin, may be coming to Disney+!

According to Filmed on Stage, Broadway musical Aladdin was filmed for worldwide release just before closing in London last year. New details are surfacing on the expected release wit Disney+.

While Disney was originally planning to release Aladdin earlier this year, plans changed when another Broadway musical, Hamilton, was fast-tracked to the streaming platform from its original October 2021 theatrical release.

The streaming platform, Disney+, is rumored to continue the Broadway trend this year with the release of Aladdin: Live From The West End just before the end of the year.

A representative from Disney confirmed the show was captured on film – and that broadcast details will indeed be following soon.

Disney’s Live Action “Mulan” Has Been Taken off the Calendar

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Disney’s live action, Mulan, has been highly anticipated by Disney fans around the globe! The film release date has been pushed back time and time again, but now it seems the release date has been taken off the calendar all together.

Frank Pallotta, a Media reporter at at CNN, took to Twitter to share that “Mulan, set for August 21, has been taken off the calendar, per Disney.”

Pallotta goes on to share the following from a Disney spokesperson: “Over the last few months, it’s become clear that nothing can be set in stone when it comes to how we release films during this global health crisis, and today that means pausing our release plans for “Mulan” as we assess how we can most effectively bring this film to audiences around the world.”

Mom Charged with Having 2 Guns & Marijuana in Diaper Bag at EPCOT

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We are learning today of news that a Disney guest has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession at her recent visit to Walt Disney World’s EPCOT.

As shared by the Orlando Sentinel: Three days after Epcot reopened from the pandemic shutdown, a Georgia tourist was arrested after Disney security found two guns and some marijuana in her infant’s diaper bag, court documents show.

Yunique Smith, 27, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and possession of less than 20 grams of cannabis, according to her arrest report.

Smith was going through the park security line with an adult man, their 7-month-old daughter and her 7-year-old son when Disney found the semi-automatic 9mm handgun “in plain view” and a plastic bag containing marijuana, the July 18 report said. Orange County deputy sheriffs were called to the scene.

Smith’s companion wanted to change their daughter, “but since the firearm and the cannabis was still inside of the bag, I searched the diaper bag for additional illegal items,” the deputy wrote in the arrest report. That’s when the deputy found the second weapon, a .45 caliber handgun on the bottom of the bag.

Disney did not respond to a request for comment Friday, but the park rules state no weapons are allowed on Disney property. Smith was not immediately available for comment.

Next “Star Wars” Trilogy, “Avatar” Sequels, and More Disney Films Postponed Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

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According to Variety, Disney has decided to delay all upcoming Star Wars and Avatar films as they change their release calendar to account for the COVID-19 closure.

Each film has been offset by one year. The next Star Wars trilogy will now release every other Christmas season starting in 2023. The first will release December 22, 2023, the second will release December 19, 2025, and the third will release December 17, 2027. A recent rumor suggested that Disney might be seeking to “erase” the most recent Star Wars trilogy but this is not corroborated by any sources.

The four Avatar sequels will alternate Decembers with the Star Wars trilogy. “Avatar 2” will be released December 16, 2022, “Avatar 3” will be released December 20, 2024, “Avatar 4” will be released December 18, 2026, and “Avatar 5” will be released December 22, 2028.

“Avatar 2” was supposed to start filming this summer, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed production. James Cameron tweeted the following in addition to Disney’s announcement:

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The second Avatar film will now hit theaters thirteen years after the first film.

Disney removed and changed release dates for several other films as well. Mulan and Searchlight title, The French Dispatch, have both been removed from the calendar. The Personal History of David Copperfield, also a Searchlight title, has been moved two weeks to August 28, 2020.

Antlers, a horror film originally scheduled for an April release, has been postponed to February 19, 2021. Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile has been shifted two weeks to October 23, 2020, and The Empty Man has been moved from August to December 4, 2020. Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel has been moved from Christmas 2020 to October 2021.

“The New Mutants” Trailer Released; Now Hitting Theaters In August 2020

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The New Mutants, a movie that has been stuck in limbo since 2018, has a brand-new trailer. Comic-Con@Home2020 debuted the trailer during a panel featuring writer/director Josh Boone and the cast of the film.

The panel video opened with all of the film’s previous release dates being crossed out before revealing the hopefully final release date of August 28, 2020.

The panel, moderated by Ira Madison III, included actors Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga. The new trailer debuted at the end of the video.

The first trailer for The New Mutants aired over three years ago, before Disney purchased Fox and subsequently gained control of the film. Fox and Disney both pushed the release date of the film multiple times. It was finally set to release April of this year. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, that release date was canceled too.

The New Mutants will be the last of Fox’s X-Men series. Marvel Studios will then take over and likely reboots the franchise.